Yuya Yagira

About

Japanese actor who won the Best Actor Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his role of Akira in the film Nobody Knows. He also appeared in the 2013 film Unforgiven and the 2014 film Crows Explode.

Before Fame

He was born in Higashiyamato, Tokyo and one of his first roles was in the 2003 television series, Denchi ga kireru made.

Trivia

He made his debut as a voice actor in Baby Blue, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.

Family Life

He married television personality Ellie Toyota in 2010.

Associated With

His 2013 film Unforgiven was a remake of the 1992 Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Eastwood and Yagira both played the lead character.